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Ne’mati to bear Iran flag in Rio Olympics
Iranian female Paralympic archer Zahra Ne'mati will carry Iran's flag during the opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Iranian female Paralympic archer Zahra Ne'mati will carry Iran's flag during the opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Russia and Pakistan are set to hold joint military drills for the first time.

The US is expanding a military airbase inside Syria.

Thousands rally in Malaysia’s capital against a US-led trade deal planned to involve the Asian country.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says some members of the union are displaying hypocrisy over refugee crisis.

At least 11 people are injured when Saudi fighter jets struck a pedestrian crossing in Yemen’s northwestern province of Sa’ada.

An Indian passenger makes an emergency landing in Nagpur following a hoax bomb threat.

A major heat wave in Argentina causes major power cuts in the capital, Buenos Aires.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Saudi Arabia now sees Tel Aviv "as an ally rather as an enemy."

NATO provides a convenient mechanism for the US to spread the cost of its continuous global warfare and market its overpriced weapons, says an analyst.

South Sudan’s warring parties miss another key deadline to form a unity government in the war-torn nation.

Venezuela's opposition-led Congress rejects a presidential decree for emergency powers amid an economic slump.

Haiti delays run-off elections again as violence continues across the country.

Iran's president says Chinese President Xi Jinping's official visit to Iran marks a "historic" event.

A Turkish court dismisses President Erdogan’s lawsuit against an opposition leader who had called him a “thief.”

Iraq’s defense minister hails the role of volunteer forces in preventing the fall of Baghdad amid battles against Daesh.

Morocco is to host a conference on the rights of non-Muslims in Muslim-majority territories.

Iran’s largest oil tanker company says it is envisioning an international listing of its shares.